Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration

ANNOUNCEMENT: Introducing The Mormon Guard

Hi, my name is Dan Deceuster and Frank has been kind enough to allow me the special opportunity of announcing an important new movement among Mormon bloggers- the Mormon Guard. You can see the official website at mormonguard.org.

The goal of Mormon Guard is to give Mormon bloggers across the globe all of the education, tools and resources they need to get their blogs showing up at the top of Google. And I'm not talking about the paid ads or anything, I mean having Google put your website as the #1 results if someone searches "what do mormons believe in" for example.

It's no secret that there are several anti's out there trying to spread incorrect or misleading information on the internet. They are succeeding in some instances. There are searches you can do in Google like "what do mormons believe on who jesus is" where the #3 result is allaboutcults.com. There are so many Mormon bloggers out there that we simply cannot allow this to happen.

Dreaming in the Language

DEAR FAMILY

Nahigugma Ko kaninyo!

Karon semana Lisod Jud kaayo! Daghan ang among trabajo pero okay ra na! Padayon lang. At least ang akong linguahe palambo jud kaayo ug ang akong kauban si sister falculan nindot jud kaayo niya. Karon semana nay upat ka bago nga mga investigator ug nindot jud sila kay ug smart jud kaayo sila ug naghunahuna sila kabahin sa among mensahe. Dili nagistoria sila oo lang pero nay daghan mga pagutana para kanamo.

His Sacred Name - An Easter Declaration

More Than I Asked For. Better Than I Expected

When I signed up to come on a mission I did not know what to expect,I knew I would be knocking doors and having long days, but I did not realize how tired I would be all the time! I had expected to be studying but never did I realize the intensity that would prevail in those study sessions. Yes my mission was more than I asked for... but it has been much better than I expected! Yes I am tired most often, but I am happier at the end of every day then I have ever been. If there is anything to be tired of it is sharing the restored gospel. Yes we study a great deal, but now I know truly what i believe and my testimony of my Savior has grown and I know how to apply the gospel to all those wonderful people I meet. My mission was more than I asked for but it is much better than I expected. I am Sister Austin, and I am serving in the Tennessee Nashville Mission.

3C

Mongolian CTR ring

Life doesn't always go the way we have planned it. Sometimes the Lord has another plan in store for us that we weren't expecting. Most of you probably don't know, but I was originally assigned to the Mongolian Ulaanbaatar mission. 3C stands for a number of things to me. First of all, it is the Mongolian version of 'CTR.' 3C actually stands for Зөв Сонголт which means 'choose the right'. Anyway, the other day I was looking at all of the missionaries' cars and noticed something cool. The number and letter for the cars originating from the county of Billings is 3C. Somehow there is yet another connection between Mongolia and Montana.



LDS Online Missionaries: Florida Jacksonville Mission

I noticed 21 November 2010 that President James Barry became friends with Michael Hemingway. I figured he was about to become active in the pilot program and sure enough he and Elder Justin Failner put up their Facebook pages. A few more missionaries joined shortly after. I am sure a several more might come on board.

President James Barry (Facebook)

Mormon.Org Profile

trytyingtwine@gmail.com

904.352.3240 (Mobile)

LDS Online Missionaries: Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission

Since 12 September 2010 the Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission have a few missionaries blogging on a group blog called GoodMormon America.Com.  Elder Azero, Elder Griffiths and Elder Bluth have posted so far.  Elder N. Thatcher has a solo blog In Other Words and so does Elder Steven Barnett and Elder Bergloff.The mission president has made an attempt at the blog Royal Coachman but has yet to post anything. I wonder if he is going to post to the group blog. It would be cool if he had a similarly designed blog as GoodMormon America.Com. All of the officially blogging missionaries and their president have a Facebook page as well:

President Bill Schaefermeyer (Facebook)

Royal Coachman (Blogspot)
bschaefermeyer@yahoo.com
 

First Transfer

Dear Family I love your faces!

I heard all the challenges it's crazy how hard Satan is working. Transfers tomorrow... drum roll please... I am transferring to Marigondon OPENING AN AREA! That hardly ever happens for the sisters here I heard, but I am excited to see what happens. I am glad that I am trusted with this by President Hansen and Heavenly Father. My new companion is Sister Falculan she is amazing. She was in my district these last 3 transfers and now we are companions starting tomorrow.

"Woman, why weepest thou?"

Mary Magdalene wept as she saw that the tomb that once held in resting the body of the Son of God was empty. The body, she assumed, had been taken. Then a voice of a man spoke from behind her. "Woman, why weepest thou?" Supposing the man to be the gardener she replied, "Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away." Oh what joy she must have felt! What hymns of thanksgiving and praise must have been sung in her heart! She heard her name escape the lips of the man behind her. It was a voice that she indeed did recognize. "Mary," said the Man. She then turned her head and with her heart swollen within her, the word "Rabboni" escaped her lips. "Master." She knew that all was not lost, but that all was about to be fulfilled.

Missionary Marriage Proposal

KAMUSTA MAN MO!

Primero Nahigugma ko kaninyo. Hapit Na Mo-uli! JOKES LANG BITAW!

So this week has been really fun. Today we baked brownies and cake Sister Brand and Sister Falculan came over, so it was Sister Caluyo, Sister Williams, Sister Tumala, Sister Brand, Sister Falculan, and I. We ate pizza and baked P-day in the mission field good times!  But it wasn't good for me because I made a pact with Sister Hansen our mission President's wife that we would lose 2 pounds a week, I'm just going to have to run super hard tomorrow morning. We have been running in the morning and we walked up the bukid all day yesterday I'm so sore its great. President Hansen challenged all of us to go APE in the morning (Arise, Pray, and Exercise).